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Question: Frederick 6th of Hohenzollern, 1st of Brandenburg!?
In 1331, the Hohenzollern burgraves of Nuremberg made Ansbach, in Southern Germany, the seat of their dynasty!.
Frederick 6th of Hohenzollern (1371–1440), Burgrave of Nuremberg, entered the Austrian army and fought on the side of King Sigismund of Hungary!.
In 1410 at Frankfurt, as a representative of Brandenburg, Frederick took part in the election of Sigismund as Holy Roman Emperor!. In return, King Sigismund appointed him to rule Brandenburg!.
My question is: how was it that until Frankfurt, the Hohenzollerns had no apparent connection with Brandenburg, yet Frederick was there to represent Brandenburg!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Warning - - - - if you try to make sense out of German history your head will explode!
That said - - - - the Nobles of Brandenberg were an unruly bunch and Sigismund gave Frderick the task of subduing them, of getting them to meet their obligations to the Emperor!. Brandenburg like many other cities/states shopped around for Nobles who could fight and thus they latched onto Frederrick - - - it was his reputation and his Noble blood that brought him to Brandenberg and allowed him to represent the state!.
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""1371–1440, elector of Brandenburg (1415–40), first of the Hohenzollerns (see Hohenzollern, family) to rule Brandenburg!. As Frederick VI, burgrave of Nuremburg, he served under King Sigismund of Hungary (later Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund) against the Ottomans in E Europe and took part in the battle of Nikopol (1396), in which the crusaders were defeated!. As a reward for aiding Sigismund's election as emperor (1410), Sigismund granted (1411) Frederick a regency over Brandenburg and named him (1415) elector of Brandenburg; in 1417 he was formally invested with the electoral dignity!. After subduing the recalcitrant nobles of Brandenburg, Frederick departed (1425) to command the imperial forces against the Hussites, but he later broke with Sigismund!. His own ambition to be emperor was never fulfilled, but at his death the Hohenzollerns were well ensconced in Brandenburg!.""
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